Bright Flames, Dark Shadows: My Hero Academia

[x] Yuri's Invitation.

Damn, that was good.

VereorNox said:

Did that matter? Your body moved on its own, your armor snapping back in place even as your body screamed at you that you were freezing. The tree slammed into you, stopping it in its tracks. It slammed you out of your half-forged armour and onto the ground with a sickening thump. Mika stood in the doorway.

"Go," you mouthed. She did. Static in your ears.

"The hostage has escaped the premises, the hero team has succeeded in protecting her, sacrificing everything they had. Excellent. Villain team, your mistake was splitting up. Rise from this loss and fight again."

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Ahhhhhiieeeeee this is so awesome.

Yes I like it a lot and apparently so did Sunbreaker.

VereorNox said:

You took a step forward. Nido crouched, then launched herself at you. She had no grace, no specific stance you could recognize. Nido's fingers dug into your clothes, pinching at your skin. You drove your elbow at the top of her head. The grip loosened.

Two Nido's now stood in front of you.

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Anyway, wasn't expecting her quirk to be like this at all... Wonder why she refused to spar before? It doesn't come off as too dangerous to use or anything.

She clearly needs to actually learn to fight though.

VereorNox said:

The large and imposing steps that came from above you were the sounds of defeat. You felt cold already. The heating device in your uniform wasn't optimal when it came to freezing the entire thing at once; the support team had suggested gradual increases until the sensors were properly calibrated.

You didn't have time for that. The door was in sight. You ran, unable to produce more ice to slide as your armor slowly crumbled on its own, your body refusing to keep it up due to your approaching hypothermia.

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Hmm, interesting. We're still pretty limited by our body. This highlights the value of tools such as the cloak though, since ice built up on that wouldn't chill us as much.

Also, suggests we need some kind of shounen training to increase our cold resistance? Maybe learning to increase our body temperature via meditation like those Tibetan monks or something?

[X] Nido's Justice.

Erebeal said:

Anyway, wasn't expecting her quirk to be like this at all... Wonder why she refused to spar before? It doesn't come off as too dangerous to use or anything.

She clearly needs to actually learn to fight though.


Hmm, interesting. We're still pretty limited by our body. This highlights the value of tools such as the cloak though, since ice built up on that wouldn't chill us as much.

Also, suggests we need some kind of shounen training to increase our cold resistance? Maybe learning to increase our body temperature via meditation like those Tibetan monks or something?

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If we could Rin should possibly look into stuff from "ancient history" and look at the Ice Man from several centuries ago and how he sat in freezers and lakes for minutes to hours.

And it is nice to get confirmation on some of the finer points of Rin's powers. First is that she can actually melt the ice extremely quickly, see not getting brained by Nido at the end there. Second is that she does indeed share the Todoroki weakness garnered from Endeavor, though I think there might be hints that her version is a little different. I'm thinking that sudden temperature shifts close to her body may exacerbate the issue. Whereas just having it in the environment and using it near herself is less of an issue.

The reason I think that is by comparing the situation of the spar with Yuri where she pulled the armor on more gently and fought for less time vs this where she pulled it on very quickly, then did strenuous activity in it for longer than the spar. I notice that she started struggling after she pulled the armor on quickly. Immediately after she started worrying about hypothermia and the like. It isn't enough to discern the difference between "is it sudden temperature shifts" or "close proximity to her own ice" but its enough I think to narrow it down to those two.

Whereas for Endeavor and Shoto its more like how much of either one they use.

E: Which I think in large has to do with how they literally summon their fire or ice from their own bodies. Whereas Rin takes what is already there and manipulates it in a volume of space centered on her body.

[X] Nido's Justice.

@VereorNox am I right in conceptualizing that Endeavor and Shoto's problems with their quirks come from them being able to summon their fire directly from their bodies, and in Shoto's case his ice as well? And that during this summoning some of the temperature is left behind with them?

VereorNox said:

Her forearms now in ice, she ripped them out of your grasp, then slammed both of them together at your head.

You managed to melt it fast enough, meaning it was her bones which caused most of the hurt. Still better than brain trauma. Two more Nido's stood there now, bruises forming at their arms.

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Oh! Also we should be freezing over our hat to protect our head.

[X] Nido's Justice.

BungieONI said:

@VereorNox am I right in conceptualizing that Endeavor and Shoto's problems with their quirks come from them being able to summon their fire directly from their bodies, and in Shoto's case his ice as well? And that during this summoning some of the temperature is left behind with them?

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My time to shine. See in my latest passion project, "My Rationalist Academia", inspired by the great and powerful sorcerer's "Big Yud"'s fic, I have decided that, because I am intelligent and infallible, that the actual thing that causes the shift in temperature which makes Shoto/Rin freeze and Endeavor overheat is the way their quirk factor trades in their body heat to trigger their quirks​

Actually lets go with what you said.

[X] Nido's Justice

[X] Nido's Justice

Doesn't look like things will change too much. Calling the vote.